Led by Leader of Opposition Pratapsinh Rane, opposition members walked out during Question Hour when Tourism Minister DIlip Parulekar was being grilled over a controversy surrounding land acquisition in Tiswadi sub-district in north Goa.
"I and Babush Monserrate (unattached Congress MLA) had jointly asked a question on the acquisition of land, but were not getting a chance to speak. The replies given by the government had glaring discrepancies. Now we are intending to move it as a calling attention motion. We will prove that different laws apply to different persons," Independent MLA Vijai Sardesai later told reporters.
"While the Goa Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered a case against former Tourism Minister Nilkanth Halankar and former Housing Board Chairman Elvis Gomes on charge of irregularities in land acquisition, we are not being allowed to ask questions in a similar case related to this government," Sardesai said.
Monserrate, who was also a part of the walkout, said the Speaker was using "delaying tactics" to thwart the opposition from asking questions.
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